The Atalanta advanced to the quarterfinals of the European League after coming back from 0-1 down against Sporting Club of Portugaleliminated with two goals in the second half of Ademola Lookman and Gianluca Scamacca.
The 1-1 score in the first leg left the tie wide open for both teams and the Italian team took the lead in one of the most even ties of the round of 16.
Atalanta will play in the European quarterfinals for the fifth time in its history. They have only overcome that barrier once, in the 1987/88 Cup Winners’ Cup, when they were held out in the semi-finals by Mechelen. That was his ceiling and now he would have a chance to match it.
However, he suffered to achieve his goal. He had to overcome a goal from Pedro Gonçalves, who opened the scoring in the first half to score his third goal of the season in the Europa League.
However, a good start to the second half was enough to secure the victory. Lookman and Scamacca appeared to score two goals for the Italian team and they were enough to secure a hard-fought ticket to the quarterfinals: Paulinho, at the buzzer, almost equalised. However, goalkeeper Juan Musso, with an excellent intervention, avoided extra time and Atalanta were in the next draw.
match lineup
1
3
twenty
23
4
19
13
fifteen
90
59
Eleven
12
47
2
25
26
3
42
8
9
10
17
Gewiss Stadium
Franco Israel12
77′
Ricardo Esgaio47
60′
Four. five’
Matthew Reis2
61′
Gonçalo Inácio25
Ousmane Diomande26
Jeremiah St. Just3
74′
63′
Morten Hjulmand42
Pot8
32′
35′
58′
63′
Viktor Gyökeres9
75′
Marcus Edwards10
Four. five’
84′
Trincão17
74′
Replacements
Diogo Pinto51
Francisco Silva99
Sebastian Coates4
Luis Neto13
Ivan Fresneda22
Rafael PonteloFour. Five
Four. five’
Eduardo Quaresma72
74′
63′
Nuno SantosEleven
61′
75′
Daniel Bragança23
35′
63′
Koba Koindredi80
Paulinhotwenty
74′
84′
Geny Catamotwenty-one
60′
coach
Gian Piero Gasperini
Ruben Filipe Marques Diogo Amorim
Source: La Verdad
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